President Obama’s campaign promised transparency before he reached the Oval Office.
Unfortunately, when he made the transition from candidate to president, he checked transparency at the door. You would almost get the impression that President Obama hated transparency given the amount of times he has chosen not to be transparent.
Some examples:
On healthcare “Obama skipped past a broken promise from his campaign — to have the negotiations for health care legislation broadcast on C-SPAN “so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies.” Instead, Democrats in the White House and Congress have conducted the usual private negotiations, making multibillion-dollar deals with hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholders behind closed doors. Nor has Obama lived up consistently to his pledge to ensure that legislation is posted online for five days before it’s acted upon.”
Let the sun shine in on a few more of President Transparency’s glowing first year:
